Cholinesterase challenge at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
990 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN · Fsregional · · NPI 1700870672
$154.11
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$467.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$61.63 with BCBS TN vs $420.30 with Galaxy Health Network — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS TN | Blue Care | $61.63 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network S | $77.04 | ↓ -50% |
| BCBS TN | Commercial Network P | $77.04 | ↓ -50% |
| United Healthcare | Tenncare | $116.16 | ↓ -25% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $186.80 | ↑ +21% |
| Tricare | Humana Military | $195.90 | ↑ +27% |
| Optum | VA CCN | $195.90 | ↑ +27% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage HMO | $201.78 | ↑ +31% |
| Humana | DSNP | $201.78 | ↑ +31% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage PPO | $201.78 | ↑ +31% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $201.78 | ↑ +31% |
| United Healthcare | Community Plan DSNP | $201.78 | ↑ +31% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage HMO | $203.74 | ↑ +32% |
| Farm Bureau | Medicare Advantage PPO | $203.74 | ↑ +32% |
| Cigna | Medicare PPO | $205.70 | ↑ +33% |
| Devoted Health | HMO | $205.70 | ↑ +33% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $205.70 | ↑ +33% |
| United Healthcare | DSNP | $205.70 | ↑ +33% |
| Devoted Health | PPO | $205.70 | ↑ +33% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare PPO | $205.70 | ↑ +33% |
| HealthSpring | Medicare HMO POS | $205.70 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $205.70 | ↑ +33% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO | $205.70 | ↑ +33% |
| Cigna | Medicare HMO-POS | $205.70 | ↑ +33% |
| Wellpoint | DSNP | $205.70 | ↑ +33% |
| Wellpoint | Medicare Advantage | $205.70 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential DSNP | $205.70 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Cross of TN | BlueEssential HMO | $205.70 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Diamond | $205.70 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv PPO | $205.70 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Ruby | $205.70 | ↑ +33% |
| Blue Cross of TN | Med Adv Sapphire | $205.70 | ↑ +33% |
| EHN | Network Lease | $210.15 | ↑ +36% |
| United Healthcare | All Other Plans | $233.50 | ↑ +52% |
| United Healthcare | Heritage Select | $233.50 | ↑ +52% |
| United Healthcare | Options PPO | $233.50 | ↑ +52% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid Tenncare | $236.00 | ↑ +53% |
| Cigna | IFP | $237.23 | ↑ +54% |
| Cigna | Local Plus | $237.23 | ↑ +54% |
| Cigna | OAP | $279.26 | ↑ +81% |
| Cigna | HMO | $279.26 | ↑ +81% |
| Cigna | POS | $279.26 | ↑ +81% |
| Ambetter | Exchange | $280.20 | ↑ +82% |
| Correctional Medical Services | Correctional Facilities - Inmate Claims | $280.20 | ↑ +82% |
| Community Services Network | NonProfit Public Benefit | $303.55 | ↑ +97% |
| USA Managed Care Organization | PPO | $326.90 | ↑ +112% |
| NovaNet | Network Lease | $350.25 | ↑ +127% |
| Direct Care America | PPO | $373.60 | ↑ +142% |
| MedSave USA | Commercial | $373.60 | ↑ +142% |
| National Provider Network | PPO | $373.60 | ↑ +142% |
| Beech Street | PPO | $396.95 | ↑ +158% |
| CCN Managed Care | PPO | $396.95 | ↑ +158% |
| Initial Group | PPO | $410.96 | ↑ +167% |
| Galaxy Health Network | PPO | $420.30 | ↑ +173% |
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Cholinesterase challenge at other Tennessee hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkwest Medical Center | Knoxville | $140.10 | $32.76 – $420.30 |
| Roane County Medical Center | Harriman | $154.11 | $61.63 – $420.30 |
| LeConte Medical Center | Sevierville | $135.43 | $61.63 – $420.30 |
| Fort Loudoun Medical Center | Lenoir City | $154.11 | $61.63 – $420.30 |
| Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center | Knoxville | $154.11 | $61.63 – $420.30 |
| Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. | Crossville | $149.44 | $61.63 – $420.30 |
| Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association | Morristown | $140.10 | $61.63 – $420.30 |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown | Nashville | not published | $34.27 – $417.52 |